Okeechobee, Florida

Mental Health Professional - LMHC, LCSW, LMFT

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Job Description

Job Location: FL, Okeechobee - Okeechobee Correctional Institution - OKEECHOBEE, FL
Position Type: Full-Time
Education Level: Graduate Degree
Salary Range: Undisclosed
Travel Percentage: None
Job Shift: Day
Job Category: Behavioral Health Professional & Support

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

Provide mental health services and clinical support to individuals within a correctional facility environment. Conduct assessments, develop treatment plans, and facilitate therapeutic interventions to support patient well-being.

Requirements

Requires a graduate degree and professional licensure such as LMHC, LCSW, or LMFT. Candidates must be prepared to work on-site at the Okeechobee Correctional Institution.

Qualifications

Education: Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience: 2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Mental Health CounselingClinical AssessmentTreatment PlanningCrisis InterventionCase ManagementPsychotherapy

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 36% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Social Work by the numbers
Measure	This job	Market
Cost of living	Florida index 103.4	US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Florida	276 active	6,545 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work setting	on-site	peers: 32% remote · 36% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment	not stated	Florida Social Worker listings: 4% state a sign-on bonus · 6% offer loan repayment299 active listings, Oct 2026
Social Work pay trend	+1.4% vs prior quarter	—through Sep 2026

Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Social Worker Jobs

35 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

31 jobs · 29 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

30 jobs · 29 employers

401k / retirement match

93%

Sign-on bonus

40%

CME allowance

40%

Loan repayment

17%

PSLF eligible

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Work-life snapshot

Better work-life than 50% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,454 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Okeechobee

Typical 3-bedroom home value: $307k
Median resident rent: $1,061/mo
Residents’ average commute: 26 min
State income tax: None

Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.